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032-003097482 Name Nicholas and Company Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 515/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1
Title:
Ernest Binfield Havell Collection: Album of Indian views and arts and crafts. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Red half-leather bound album measuring 280x385mm, spine piece missing and covers loose and with considerable worm damage to boards (although prints on the whole are unaffected). The album contains two sequences of prints starting from each end of the volume and may have been compiled by an addit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
56 items

2. Photo 515/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(20)
Title:
[Roadside vegetable seller.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women selling produce at the roadside, with a young boy making a purchase. Print unsigned, but probably by Nicholas & Co. Subjects = occupations; street traders
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 515/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(21)
Title:
[Jugglers, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man securing a woman in a rope net preparatory to placing her in a basket, with a boy with a drum at the right. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '30. Jugglers, showing the basket trick'. Subjects = entertainers; jugg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 515/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(23)
Title:
Snake charmer [South India]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 515/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(8)
Title:
[Toddy tappers, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toddy tapper posed half-way up a tree, with a figure in the foreground carrying two jars of toddy slung on a yoke over his shoulder. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '40. Toddyman climbing a cocoanut tree.' Subjects = food and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 515/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(19)
Title:
[Dancing girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of three dancing girls in their finery. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '56. Dancing girls, (several subjects, groups)'. Subjects = dance
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 515/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(27)
Title:
[Servant girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait against a painted backdrop of a young woman carrying two pots, with a younger girl standing beside her. Possibly the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '24. Cook and cook's maty [assistant]'. Subjects = occupations; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 515/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(26)
Title:
[Potters, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters posed beside their wheel. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '39. Potters at work'. Subjects = arts & crafts; occupations; potteries; potters; pottery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 515/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(33)
Title:
[Dhobi, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dhobi scrubbing a garment on a rock beside a river. Subjects = dhobis; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 515/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(2)
Title:
[Hindu ascetic with iron collar.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of an ascetic, sitting cross-legged with palm-leaf books in front of him and wearing a cumbersome metal collar. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '13. Devotee, with iron collar.' Subjects = ascetics; reading...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item